The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Lakeland, by Marisca Pichette

“𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘴.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—The Bird, Frozen in Time, by Drew Huff

“𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. ‘𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 ‘𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.’
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹-𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘖𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria, October Window—Open for Submissions!

“𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 2021, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Youth, Interrupted, by Miguel Gonçalves

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Shotgun, by Eric Farrell

“𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵.
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴.
𝘖𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵.
𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴?”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—The Comeback Kid, by Christopher Robertson

“‘𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰,’ 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘒𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 ’𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Clean Up, by Lucy Zhang

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘋𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳-𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—It Flutters in the Family, by A. R. Frederiksen

“𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. ‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.’
𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯. ‘𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵.’
𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Well and Truly, by Sean Cahillane

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥-𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘥-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘥.”

The Theatre Phantasmagoria, August Window—Open for Submissions!

“𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 2021, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢.”